As part of her promo duties, the singer/designer wore an amazing floral dress by Alexander McQueen’s offshoot line McQ and a top by Peter Pilotto for the October 2012 issue of ELLE UK.

The accompanying editorial features Gwen discussing everything from motherhood to the new album.

On her ELLE UK cover gig:

“This is actually my third British Elle cover shoot. It feels really, really good. It was really easy, It was really fun. And its just exciting because the reason why you’re letting me do the Elle cover is because the new No Doubt record is coming out – and so, that makes it all the more real.”

On being a parent:

“Being a mom is hard.”

On the inspiration for her “Push and Shove” album:

“[The album is] about being overwhelmed and the balancing and trying to do all of it.”

For the entire article, you can look out for the October issue of ELLE UK later this month. If you would like to see the photo spread, shot by Matt Irwin, a little sooner, then take a look at the gallery above for more shots of Gwen in the October issue of ELLE UK or press play on the video below.